About
Sam Eckman Covered Bridge No. 92 crosses Little Fishing Creek on the line between Greenwood and Pine townships in Columbia County, northeast of Millville. It is a queenpost truss bridge about 65 ft long. Wikipedia gives 65.1 ft, while coveredbridges.net lists a total length of 58.1 ft. No dated source found states whether it is currently open to vehicles.
History
Joseph Redline built the bridge in 1876 for $498. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 29, 1979, as one of the historic covered bridges of Columbia and Montour Counties.
Design
Coveredbridges.net describes it as a queen truss with a largest span of 56.1 ft. The National Register record, as reported by Wikipedia, lists it as a Warren truss. A queenpost truss uses two vertical posts tied together by a horizontal beam at the top, with diagonal braces, which suits short spans like this one.
Visiting
Wikipedia places the bridge on Township Route 548 northeast of Millville. Uncoveringpa says it is 2.5 miles off Route 42 and suggests finding a spot wide enough to pull off the side of the road.
Sources: Sam Eckman Covered Bridge No. 92 (Wikipedia), Sam Eckman Covered Bridge (coveredbridges.net), Covered Bridges of Columbia County (Uncovering PA)
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